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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2026, 8:33 PM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2026, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
892 WUUS53 KICT 110133 SVRICT KSC015-173-110200- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0021.260311T0133Z-260311T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wichita KS 833 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2026 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Sedgwick County in south central Kansas... Southwestern Butler County in south central Kansas... * Until 900 PM CDT. * At 832 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Mcconnell Air Force Base to Mulvane, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Wichita, Derby, Andover, Haysville, Augusta, Mulvane, Rose Hill, Douglass, Mcconnell Air Force Base, South Wichita, Oaklawn, and Augusta Municipal Airport. This includes the following highways... Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 0 and 1. Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 34 and 45. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3762 9736 3771 9682 3747 9697 3748 9735 TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 269DEG 23KT 3762 9720 3748 9725 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ CUELLAR
1 follow-up statement
640 WWUS53 KICT 110200 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 900 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2026 KSC015-173-110210- /O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-260311T0200Z/ Sedgwick KS-Butler KS- 900 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2026 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK AND SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However, small hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central Kansas. && LAT...LON 3762 9736 3771 9682 3747 9697 3748 9735 TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 269DEG 23KT 3762 9698 3748 9703 $$ KLEINSASSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner | 60 min |
| Mar 10, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 64 min |
| Mar 10, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 55 min |
| Mar 10, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 41 min |
| Mar 10, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 26 min |
| Mar 11, 1:33 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 8 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:23 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more | 32 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.